Can We Do Better?
For all the so-called benefits attributed to isolated and synthetic
nutrients and all of the progress we think we have made in improving the health
of the nation, there are many health experts who say we can do even better. They
note that three of four Americans will develop heart disease and half will die
from it. Diabetes is striking baby boomers with a vengeance. About six percent
of our population presently has diabetes and many gerontologists believe that
percentage will increase significantly as the boomers enter their fifties and
sixties. (And they say that diet and nutrition will be crucial to helping
persons with diabetes maintain their health and reduce their risk of
complications.) Already, some 21 million pre-diabetic Americans experience
glucose intolerance, leading to Syndrome X, a condition characterized by high
blood pressure and obesity. Some 200,000 Americans die every year from high
blood pressure and stroke. One-third of Americans are obese. To get a better
picture of what this means in pure numbers of mortality, our current health
crisis can be computed into airline crashes; for the number of deaths resulting
from heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes, you would have 3,650 jumbo jet
crashes a year, assuming there are 300 sickly passengers on each jet, 3,000
people a day dying from heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes alone.
Synthetic or isolated nutrients may be better than nothing, but not good enough.
Adding them to whole food concentrates is better but still not the way to get
our optimal health back.
Can Living Multi Help?
One of the answers might well be Living Multi. This
vitamin and mineral formulation takes us way past USP, food-based or even
so-called whole food vitamin and mineral products. It takes us back to a more
primitive form of nutrition, one paradoxically far more sophisticated and
wondrous in its nutritional offering and health benefits than your typical multi
vitamin. Achieving Maximum Health With The 3-3-9 Plan
We like to use the 3-3-9 plan to explain some of the functional aspects of Living
Multi. The key to achieving optimal health can be accomplished by doing
three things:
- Supercharge Cellular Nutrition. As we will show below,
the nutrients in Living Multi are far more able to interact
at the cellular level to provide body-ready nutrients where you need them
most. Simply forcing larger amounts of nutrients is not the answer. The
answer lies in the delivery of these nutrients across the cell wall where we
need them most.
- Facilitate Detoxification. Living Multi’s
homeostatic nutrient complexes aids the body’s detoxifications processes
like no other multiple vitamin and mineral formula, reducing the overall
toxic load, neutralizing subacute microbial infestations, and even aiding
removal of poisons such as xenobiotics and heavy metals from our internal
environment. Living Multi with it’s naturally occurring
blend of probiotics, enzymes and organic acids enhances the body’s
elimination of wastes through the normal elimination channels such as the
kidneys and bowels.
- Reduce Oxidative Stress. The free radical theory of
aging, although long taken for granted, is best achieved through a high
intake of antioxidant or free radical fighting nutrients. Free radical
damage or oxidative stress has been implicated in no less than 60 health
disorders. Living Multi contains optimal doses of the most
effective antioxidants known to man and yet to be discovered.
By bolstering cellular nutrition, facilitating detoxification and reducing
oxidative stress and damage, we may be able to reduce the risk factors for three
of our most deadly diseases:
- Modify risk factors for Cancer. Now striking greater than
one in three Americans, epidemiological studies indicate that without a
doubt your cancer risk at any age is not fixed. Your cellular DNA responds
to its environment on an immediate basis. By feeding cells protective
nutrients, and detoxifying the body from harmful fat soluble and other
toxins, your risk can be modified.
- Reduce risk factors for Heart disease. Preventing the
oxidation of cholesterol prevents plaque. Preventing plaque build-up helps
to maintain arterial flexibility and avoid dangerous blockages. The
combination of effective levels of B-6, B-12 and folic acid, contained in Living
Multi can help lower elevated homocysteine levels a key to reducing
cardiovascular disease risk.
- Reduce risk factors for Diabetes. Restoring the body’s
ability to utilize insulin (insulin sensitivity) with the mineral- and
enzyme-rich homeostatic nutrient complexes in Living Multi—especially
the potent botanicals such as reishi and other tonic mushrooms, Rhododendron
caucasicum and Caucasian blueberry leaf—helps reduce sugar cravings,
thereby lowering blood sugar and preventing diabetic-related syndromes,
including hypertension, obesity, and elevated blood lipids.
We also accomplish nine essential functional health goals with Living
Multi:
- Modulate Immune System Function. Among the most important
immune modulators in Living Multi is the blend of 11
medicinal mushrooms, Rhodendron caucasicum, and the many immune enhancing
compounds created by the probiotic microorganisms during fermentation. The
polysaccharides (including beta-glucans) in these mushrooms and bacterial
cell walls support the activity of the body’s white blood cells
(macrophages), and NK (natural killer) cells increasing natural resistance.
The entire blend provides powerful adaptogenic qualities that allow the body
to more capably handle environmental and psychological stresses.
- Promote Optimal Digestion and elimination. As we shall
discuss (below), Living Multi’s homeostatic nutrient
complexes support the body’s digestive processes with live beneficial
probiotics, enzymes and organic acids. This aids in the body’s absorption
of nutrients and helps to reduce symptoms of indigestion such as gas,
bloating, heartburn and constipation.
- Control Blood Sugar. The addition of Caucasian blueberry
and apple skin, as well ionized trace minerals and many other thousands of
phyotchemicals present in the formula promote optimal blood sugar balance.
- Improve Energy and Performance. The combination of
nutrients present in green foods and medicinal mushrooms as well as the
highly absorbable B-Vitamins and over 80 trace elements in Living
Multi, unlock stored energy in the body and make it available to
us. The digestive, food and metabolic enzymes contained reduce the amount of
energy needed for digestion thus tapping into a normally unattainable source
of energy.
- Reduce risk factors of age-related neuro-degeneration. The
powerful antioxidant complexes contained in Living Multi
have been shown to reverse age-related neuro-degeneration in animals. There
is evidence that our ancestors experienced sound mental and cognitive
function even into their old age. Today we see our elderly suffering up to
15% of their lives robbed of virtually all brain power.
- Reduce risk factors for obesity. Normalizing blood sugar
by increasing insulin sensitivity and improving glucose intolerance is
perhaps one of the most important factors in reducing food cravings, thus
reducing caloric intake and weight gain. The Russian botanical Rhododendron
caucasicum has been shown in studies to enhance fat burning and prevent the
absorption of excess dietary fat.
- Reduce stress and improve emotional well being. One
particular green grass in the Living Multi vegetable blend,
oat grass, is a nervine tonic, meaning it is nourishing and strengthening to
the nervous system, useful in nervous exhaustion, stress, and depression, as
well as being restorative to the endocrine, nervous, muscular, skeletal, and
immune system. The blend of 11 tonic mushrooms has been proven to enhance
the body’s ability to fight stress.
- Lessen allergic responses. By enhancing nutritional
uptake, reducing inflammation, modulating immune function, facilitating
proper detoxification and providing optimal antioxidant protection, Living
Multi reduces the allergic response common in so many individuals
prone to allergy. Many nutrients contained will also reduce gut
hyper-permeability (leaky gut syndrome) which will greatly lessen the
incidence of allergies.
- Reduce inflammatory markers. Living Multi’s
live probiotic mixture (including HSOs) along with turmeric and ginger has
been shown to reduce inflammation. Many nutrients in Living Multi
including Alpha Lipoic Acid have been shown to reduce inflammation by
quenching free-radicals.
Building on and advancing this knowledge, Garden of Life has uniquely and
naturally complexed each vitamin and mineral in Living Multi
using a wide range of beneficial microorganisms in a process that lasts 3-6
weeks resulting in a product that is yeast free. Whereas other so-called whole
food vitamin and mineral products can contain up to 75% yeast, a common
allergen, Living Multi provides enhanced benefits with no
drawbacks.
Living Multi Daily Formula - Label Information
Suggested
Usage:
Take 6-9 caplets per day depending on your nutritional needs. For optimal health
take 9 caplets daily. May be taken with or without food.
100% Vegetarian Product
Free from artificial colors and preservatives.
Free from the common allergens yeast, wheat, corn, soy, dairy and gluten.
Warning: Accidental overdose of iron-containing products is
a leading cause of fatal poisoning in children under 6. Keep this product out of
reach of children. In case of accidental overdose, call a physician or poison
control center immediately.
Do not take with sulfonamide medication since PABA interferes with the
activity of the drug.
Store in a cool dry place. Product color may vary.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Poten-Zyme™ 20 Antioxidant Veggie Juice Blend (25-1)
3,150mg
Alfalfa Grass, Barley Grass, Wheat Grass, Rye Grass, Oat Grass,
Broccoli, Cauliflower, Kale, Collard Greens, Brussels Sprouts, Carrot,
Beet, Spinach, Parsley, Cucumber, Asparagus, Celery, Cabbage,
Onion, Garlic.
Organic Trace Mineral Blend 2,900mg
Blend of over 70 ionic fulvic and ocean based minerals.
Poten-Zyme™ 9 Ocean Vegetable Blend 2,000mg
Spirulina platensis, Chlorella vulgaris, Lithothamnion calcereum,
Dunaliella salina, Eclonia radiata, Ascophyllum nodosum,
Laminaria japonica, Macrocystis pyrifera, Alaria esculenta.
Poten-Zyme™ 23 Antioxidant Fruit Blend (60-1) 1,800mg
Acerola Cherry, Blueberry (Fruit, Leaf), Pomegranate, Apple (Fruit,
Skin), Black Currant, Apricot, Nectarine, Prune, White Cherry,
Elderberry, Grape (Fruit, Seed, Skin, Leaf), Peach, Mango,
Strawberry, Raspberry, Blackberry, Orange, Grapefruit, Lemon,
Lime, Cranberry, Pineapple, Papaya.
Poten-Zyme™ 11 Tonic Mushroom Blend 800mg
Ganoderma lucidum, Grifola frondosa, Lentinula edodes, Agaricus
blazei, Trametes versicolor, Cordyceps sinensis, Hericium erinaceus,
Poria cocos, Tremella fuciformis, Polyporus umbellatus, Blackeslea
trispora.
Poten-Zyme™ 6 Botanical Blend (40-1) 250mg
Rhododendron caucasicum, Yucca, Rosemary, Ginger, Turmeric,
Wild Oregano.
Other Ingredients: vegetable coating
† Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calories diet
+ Daily Value not established
